224 Trees with Compound Leaves. [E i, n 



Leaf-stem, velvety-downy. Leaflet-stem, abdut one fourth 

 of an inch long, or somewhat less, and velvety-downy. 

 ^Leaf-bud, rounded, nearly concealed by the leaf-stem, 

 downy, and of a dark, rusty brown. 



Leaflet, two to six inches long, downy beneath, and pale, 

 becoming reddish. 



Bark of the trunk, dark ashy or granite-gray, or of a 

 deep brown. It is slightly furrowed up and down, 

 the furrows seldom joining or crossing. The branches 

 are grayish. The young shoots are velvety, with a 

 grayish or rusty down. 



Winged seeds, resembling those of the White Ash, but 

 usually with the end of the wing more rounded. 



Found, along borders of streams and in low and swampy 

 ground New Brunswick to Minnesota, and south- 

 ward to Northern Florida and' Alabama ; but rare 

 west of the Alleghany Mountains. Its finest growth 

 is in the Northern Atlantic States. , 



A medium-sized tree, usually thirty to fifty feet high, 

 of less value than the White Ash. 



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Fig. 112. Green Ash. F. viridis, Michx.^f. 



Leaves, COMPOUND (odd-feathered ; leaflets, five to nine). ; 



OPPOSITE ; EDGE OF LEAFLETS USUALLY SHARP-TOOTHED, 



but with the base entire. 



Outline of leaflet, egg-shape or oval. Apex, taper-pointed. 

 Base, pointed, often wedge-shaped. 



Leaf-stem, smooth. Leaflet-stem, about one fourth of an 

 inch long ; smooth. Leaf-bud, grayish-brown and 

 smooth. 



